"Reading Det. Keenan's recollections of that day has me crying - as shaken and nauseated as I was the day it happened, and in the days following, as we all tried to understand this terrible thing that had occurred in our county. I can't imagine what it has been like for him to bear the weight of those memories all these years."

- Toni Slawinski Bracconeri (via lohud.com)

" 'Keenan said it's not his place to call for Boudin's termination.' Well, then, perhaps he should be quiet and just move on. I am sure that Ms. Boudin has vast regrets and valuable knowledge to pass on to her students so that this kind of tragedy can be averted in the future."

- Carol Saunders (via lohud.com)

"He is not the one who should move on, it is her - and the move should be to retiring from teaching vulnerable kids."

- Mary Behrens Koshak (via lohud.com)

"If anyone has a right to speak, Artie does. I think it's time for all to speak out, not just cops but everybody who is sick and tired of watching these universities hire cop killers."

- Michael Seidel (via lohud.com)

"Ms. Boudin should not be accepted back into society. After all, there are three dead officers. Ms. Boudin is a terrorist. A pox on her soul. What about the families that lost their fathers? Terrorists have no rules. We owe her nothing except bad karma."

- Bruce Stokes (via lohud.com)

"Do you guys get mad when parolees get other jobs? What's the point of trying to rehabilitate people if you don't want them to become employed afterwards?"

- Zach Harrison (via lohud.com)

"Ms. Boudin did not shoot anyone herself and paid her debt to society by spending 22 years behind bars, away from her own loved ones including her son. During her time in prison, she created many (I believe five) programs that benefited prisoners and their families. I am sure she is being supervised and if she starts spouting any controversial stuff, they will get rid of her just like any other professor. And by the way, she is teaching adults, not kids, and I think our students should be exposed to may viewpoints and teaching styles so that they may inform their own decisions in life."

- Laura Bernstein Schwartz (via Facebook)

"She was an extreme radical (people don't change), and yes she served her time, but I don't think she should be teaching people, even if they are adults. There are plenty of unemployed teachers/social workers who are not convicted murderers that Columbia could have hired. She didn't pull the trigger, but she is still a murderer in my eyes. It's sickening."

- Coleen Crowe (via Facebook)

"Let her work."

- Tommy J Moore Sr. (via Facebook)

"It is a sad time in our country when we give her a platform to reach our youth, especially hearing her show her solidarity with those still in prison. What about her victims and their families? Seems they are forgotten. Shame on Columbia University. I don't hear her regretting her actions. Someone who does deserves a second chance."

"Children's only advocates are their parents. This has nothing to do with higher learning for our children. As usual, it has to do with money. ? My son is 9 years old and since January he has been talking about these state tests. Really? At 9 years old you're supposed to be stressed out about a test? Shame on our government."

- Teresa McGuire Luongo (via lohud.com)

"Kids will learn what their teachers teach and allow them to learn. Teachers only teach what they are required to teach - Common Core standards. These are not the same standards from which we were taught."

- Gwen M. Clark (via lohud.com)

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Brinks heist convict's job draws reader comments

Reaction to retired Nyack Police Detective Arthur Keenan, who survived the deadly Brinks robbery in 1981 in Rockland, speaking out against one robber, Kathy Boudin, working at Columbia University:

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